The ideal candidate for a business intelligence (BI) program is a firm that is seeking greater operational efficiency, increased flexibility and interoperability, better management reporting, mitigation of regulatory or other risks, enhanced transparency, access and support, and the ability to make informed business decisions. It is a firm that believes the investment in operational efficiency, […]
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Journey from Discoverer to Oracle Business Analytics [Webinar]
If you’re among the many Oracle E-Business Suite customers still using Discoverer for your reporting and analytics needs, change is inevitable. But it doesn’t have to be disruptive to your business. For Group Voyagers, a group of leading escorted tour, river cruise and independent travel package companies, moving off Discoverer took just nine weeks! Gary […]
6 Challenges Of Business Intelligence User Adoption
The business intelligence (BI) industry has been plagued with poor user adoption for years and has a huge failure rate among companies. Here are some of the reasons why. Product is challenging to use: When a BI tool is not designed for business users, such as financial advisors and client associates who are primarily non-technical […]
6 Benefits Of Business Intelligence
Wealth management firms that have embraced a comprehensive business intelligence (BI) program can: mitigate operational and regulatory challenges across the firm; gain visibility into investment analytics, client relationship management, performance reporting, compliance, and contact management; and generate more comprehensive management and client reports. On the other hand, wealth management firms with a more limited set […]
Getting Wealth Management Firms Up To Speed
Wealth management firms, like many other financial services industry players, are under increased pressure to get ahead of the competition due to the increased availability of advanced analytics technology and regulatory pressure to effectively manage client portfolios. Data is rapidly becoming every company’s most valuable asset, creating a tremendous opportunity for firms that translate it […]
Consider This When Migrating To Argus Safety
When I’m approached by clients to discuss safety projects, it is generally about implementing Oracle’s Argus Safety, upgrading the system, or discussing their ability to comply with regulatory requirements. Recently, I was asked about migrating from a legacy drug safety database to Argus. We discussed the methods available, such as leveraging an Oracle dump, a […]
Reviewing Clinical Data With Value Added And External Data
In my last post, I discussed performing a clinical data review in Oracle’s Data Management Workbench, which takes value added data into consideration. Today, we’ll take it a step further and add external data into the mix. This scenario extends the data available for review by including data from external partners who may be managing […]
Oracle Cloud ERP: Generating 1099-MISC – Be ready for tax season!
Yes, it’s only September. If you are in the financial industry – you know that tax season is looming just around the corner. In Oracle Cloud ERP Payables, generating 1099-MISC forms is a great feature that makes one part of tax reporting an easy task! In this blog are steps you can do now to […]
Top 5 Life Sciences Blog Posts From May 2015
Now that June is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in May – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece.
Report Generation And E2B Transmission Tracking In Argus Safety
In our last post on Argus Safety features, we talked about the tracking of ICSRs. For today’s post, we’ll highlight reporting in Argus Safety. Entering the parameters to run a report is very intuitive because the parameters match all of the dropdown lists that legacy Oracle users are already familiar with.
How does Currency Volatility Affect Your Business?
In a blog post earlier this year, I discussed the precipitous drop in energy prices. From roughly mid 2014 through early 2015, the price of crude oil was cut in half, and the related dominoes started to fall. Companies were affected directly or indirectly by the new price level of oil. Public and private entities […]
Think Better Business Intelligence
by jDevaun.Photography Everyone is guilty of falling into a rut and building reports the same way over and over again. This year, don’t just churn out the same old reports, resolve to deliver better business intelligence. Think about what business intelligence means. Resolve, at least in your world, to make business intelligence about helping organizations […]